Conversations with Women in Sales
Conversations with Women in Sales is a top podcast hosted by Lori Richardson. Every episode features a woman in sales who is doing incredible work, or an interview with a male ally, or conversation on a related topic. For the past 100+ episodes, guests share practical advice for advancing one's sales career. The podcast is dedicated to the memory of Barbara Giamanco, who founded CWWIS in 2018.
Each episode features topics like: leadership, career management, dealing with imposter syndrome, overcoming adversity, sales and marketing alignment, B2B sales, strategic partnerships, building confidence, content creation and promotion, social media, building inclusive sales teams, and more.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 211
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
110: Helping Sales Professionals Learn and Grow, Jen E Miller, Marsh McLennan Agency
Jen Miller is passionate about sales strategy, networking, and training. She is Senior Vice President, Producer Development, at Marsh & McLennan Agency where she has helped thousands of sellers get t…
109: Maternity Leave and Family Leave Issues for Sales Roles Panel
We had a fabulous panel discussion on how to deal with the unique issues women in sales roles - and parents in general need to deal with when it comes to variable pay, ramp up, quota and other issues…
108: Growing Up on a Farm Teaches Hard Work, Elizabeth Ionita, Allocadia
Elizabeth Ionita is Account Executive at Allocadia and founder of COMWUNE. She grew up and lives in Canada - was 1st generation Canadian in her family. Elizabeth has raised two kids and been in a sal…
107: Your Life Brand and How it Supports Your Career, Irina Soriano, Seismic
Irina Soriano is VP, Enablement at Seismic and author of "Generation Brand: Controlling your life-brand for likes, loves, and career advancement". She also has a terrific TEDx talk called, "Gender Pa…
106: How to Build Your Confidence Muscle in Sales, Tiffani Bova, Salesforce
Tiffani Bova is the Global Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce and a thought provoking change maker. She's has a storied career currently at Salesforce, formerly as a Distinguishe…
105: Virtual Selling Tips and Strategies, Julie Hansen, Author
Skills session: Julie Hansen provides the "missing virtual selling skills you need today.
Customers today are being bombarded with vendor video calls – a never-ending parade of missed connections, …
104: Talking about the Sales Profession to Youth, Heidi Solomon-Orlick, GirlzWhoSell
Heidi is a Diversity and Inclusion champion and change agent, entrepreneur and mentor. She is committed to supporting women and girls by continuing to push for racial justice, workplace and inter-sec…
103: How Sales is Like Entrepreneurship, Annie Roche, Attentive
In this conversation, Annie shares SO much insight about being good at your sales role, how she got into sales, and how her mom inspired her to do her best and ASK for what she needs. We talked about…
102: Compete Against Yourself & Get Better Everyday, Jordan Arogeti, Salesloft
Jordan wishes she had gotten the advice about sales being a "long game" - a marathon, not a sprint. Try not to measure yourself based on your dashboard. Jordan Arogeti is Sr. Executive, Financial Ser…
101: A Champion Revolutionizing Sales & Sales Culture, Jula Pereira, Hubspot
Jula Pereira can be found on LinkedIn supporting and encouraging others in professional sales - and is helping shine a light on making sales more inclusive. She is an SMB Account Exec at Hubspot and …
100: Changing Sales Culture for the Better, Nikki Ivey, Cultured Perspective
Chaniqua "Nikki" Ivey is a force to be reckoned with. She brings high energy and positivity to the B2B sales world, working hard to make it better - to level the playing field for all. Listen how thi…
99: From Selling Cell Phones to Huge SaaS to Dir. at a SaaS Startup, Ellen Stafford, Vidyard
Ellen Stafford is Director, Presales and Solutions at Vidyard which means that she leads business development as well as the Solutions Consulting teams - an unusual combination but it works for her. …
98: Values, Passion, and The Right Organization = Winning Formula, Mary Shea, PhD, Outreach
Mary Shea, PhD is an innovator in the B2B sales space, and she believes that with an innovation mindset, anything is possible. Now Global Innovation Evangelist at Outreach, Mary had a distinguished c…
97: From Science to Math to MBA to a Sales Career, Reva Pellerin, Vidyard
Reva Pellerin has spent over 10 years in B2B sales. She did not know what selling technology even was when she got her first BDR role at Oracle but it opened the door to technology and SaaS sales. Sh…
96: Building Teams as a Sales Leader, Kelly Fairchild, UniFirst
Kelly is a regional sales manager with years of experience managing sales managers and has inspired hundreds of sales reps. She works in a male majority industry and is a standout leader. Listen to h…
95: People's Sales and Sales Leadership Careers Matter, Amy Volas, Avenue Talent Partners
Amy Volas is Founder and CEO of Avenue Talent Partners because "great sales teams aren't built on guesswork." Amy is Co-Founder of Thursday Night Sales, along with Scott Leese. Amy is incredibly prou…
94: How a B2B Sales Career Can Change Your Life, Jenny Anderson, CareerBuilder
She had me at "B2B sales literally changed my life." I heard it as "B2B sales SAVED my life" and although Jenny Anderson didn't say it, what a stable, well-paying career in sales did for her was revo…
93: Starting in Nonprofit and Fundraising then SaaS Sales, Zoya Segelbacher, Gong
Educated at Cornell, Zoya initially thought she might want to work in hospitality but had jobs on campus cold calling and working in fundraising. She recently moved to Gong as a Strategic Sales Devel…
92: From Selling Beanie Babies to B2B SaaS Alexine Mudwar, Displayr
Alexine has been in SaaS software sales for over 8 years. She and host Lori have some things in common- we had influence in our youth by relatives who were selling all around us, and impacted us. But…
91: An Academic Program for Women in Sales w/ Dr. Jane Sojka, UC
Dr. Jane Sojka is Professor Educator, Marketing at University of Cincinnati. She teaches undergrad and grad students and does research. Is responsible for developing the professional sales program, i…